There’s no shortage of markets to rise early for in Logan, and the best places to find both fresh produce and ready-to-eat dishes from across the globe include Woodridge’s Global Food Markets or the Distillery Market Road’s fortnightly. On the second Friday night of each month, the Yarrabilba Mingle Market comes alive with food trucks and a community-oriented atmosphere.

Start your day the right way

Drink a plentiful dose of morning caffeine at Simply Beans Espresso Bar in Underwood – part of a fully-fledged roastery. Alongside your choice of coffee, you can also grab a bagel for breakfast, pizza and burgers for lunch, and treats from the cabinet for whenever those sweet cravings strike.

Nearby, The Laneway Green Cafe in Springwood serves up a mean all-day breakfast menu that features the likes of coconut chai porridge, the ‘Tiramisu Pancake Stack,’ a fiery chilli scramble and a pulled-pork rosti. Pair your breakfast with a top-notch coffee or a smoothie for the ultimate start to your day.

Also located in Underwood is Never Been, a café serving up delicious eats such as iced vovo French toast and the Mediterranean breakky stack. To wash it all down, make sure to try one of their ‘coldies’ or ‘hotties’, including coffee, frappes, cold press juice and more.

St Coco Café offers dog friendly alfresco dining, creative eats, indulgent pastries, locally sourced coffee, and puppy treats! Get ready to go on a culinary journey as you adventure through the coconut porridge, Turkish beans, or try their Aussie classics like an acai bowl and avo toast.

All things sweet

Inside the historic Kingston Butter Factory precinct likes traditional British teahouse, Devon Pixies. Wander around the grounds before heading into Devon Pixies for a high tea that showcases the teahouse’s homemade cakes, scones, and slices. Or, visit for a spot of casual dining to try the freshly made sandwiches and savouries with a side of loose-leaf tea.

Calling all pastry lovers, Croix Croissants is serving flaky, melt in your mouth, innovative flavour combo pastries every day. Grab your coffee and croissant to takeaway or to have in the café and enjoy every bite.

Ready to hear a not-so-well-kept secret? The ultimate selection of Lebanese and Mediterranean sweets and pastries is hiding at Sooo Sweet in Slacks Creek. Here, walls are lined with the likes of baklava, ashta, almond shortbread, cakes, tiramisu, chocolates, nougat, candied nuts and so much more.

If you consider yourself a sweet tooth, it’s time to pay a visit to the Poppy’s Chocolate factory in Beenleigh. Open to the public Monday to Friday, Poppy’s is renowned across the land for its gourmet cocoa-fuelled treats.

Then, for honey straight from the hive, Bee All Natural offers visitors the chance to become a beekeeper for a day. And, the Jimboomba shop stocks its site-made raw honey products, confectionery, Bee You self-care (and pet-care) products, chilli-infused honey range, and beeswax products for the home.

Go to lunch and dinner venues

Three words, Unlimited. Fried. Chicken. Bufwin located in Underwood is serving up to 15 different flavours of unlimited fried chicken along with burgers and other types of fried goodness!
Also in Logan Central lies Pho Mai Vietnamese Kitchen, where you’ll find the freshest pho, bahn mi, bao buns, rice paper wraps and salads. To drink, there’s Vietnamese iced lattes, young coconut juice, milk teas with a choice of toppings and refreshing fruit teas.

Named by its customers as the best Afghani eatery in Brisbane, Charcoal Kebab Restaurant in Slacks Creek knows how to char its skewered meats. And yet, it also offers eggplant, savoury flat breads, vegetable stews and fried veggie dumplings. Can’t decide which kebab to try? Diners can opt for a platter with a mix of its best skewers with rice, breads, salads and chutney.

An Australian-meets-Texan smokehouse in Eagleby, Sugar Creek Smokehouse is frequented by meat lovers for its masterfully smoked dishes that draw on traditional Texan barbecue methods. Infused with house-made marinades, sauces and rubs, the menu includes brisket, pulled pork, corn bread, ribs, burgers, fries, mac n cheese, and pork crackle. Wash it all down with craft beers and spirits for full the Texan effect.

For fresh beer brewed on site, Underwood’s Monkey Tree Brewing Co. is your go-to venue. At Monkey Tree’s Tap Bar, the brewery’s wide beer range, which also includes ciders for the non-beer enthusiasts, is available to sample. Then there’s the food trucks, acoustic music, and the Monkey Tree Beer Garden for an ambient, open-air experience.

Not far from the brewery, also in Underwood, is Manok Park Korean eatery. A dining destination where you’ll spy all your favourite Korean meals, plus plenty of dishes you’ve never tried. Manok Park also prepares take-home and frozen meals so you can try more of its menu at home.